Hypomyces ochraceus (Pers.) Tul. & C. Tul.
(an ascomycete)

Interactions where Hypomyces ochraceus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
perithecium (subiculate)		subiculate perithecium is saprobic on rotted fruitbody			Lactarius	milkcap toadstools	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces ochraceus/	Hypomyces ochraceus	an ascomycete		subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius/	Lactarius	milkcap toadstools		rotted		fruitbody
Verticillium anamorph		Verticillium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Lactarius	milkcap toadstools	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces ochraceus/	Hypomyces ochraceus	an ascomycete				Verticillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius/	Lactarius	milkcap toadstools				fruitbody
perithecium (subiculate)		subiculate perithecium is saprobic on rotted fruitbody			Lactarius volemus	Fishy Milkcap	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces ochraceus/	Hypomyces ochraceus	an ascomycete		subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius volemus/	Lactarius volemus	fishy milkcap		rotted		fruitbody	Major
Verticillium anamorph		Verticillium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Lactarius volemus	Fishy Milkcap	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces ochraceus/	Hypomyces ochraceus	an ascomycete				Verticillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius volemus/	Lactarius volemus	fishy milkcap				fruitbody	Major
perithecium (subiculate)		subiculate perithecium is saprobic on rotted fruitbody			Lactarius helvus	Fenugreek Milkcap	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces ochraceus/	Hypomyces ochraceus	an ascomycete		subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius helvus/	Lactarius helvus	fenugreek milkcap		rotted		fruitbody	Major
Verticillium anamorph		Verticillium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Lactarius helvus	Fenugreek Milkcap	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces ochraceus/	Hypomyces ochraceus	an ascomycete				Verticillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius helvus/	Lactarius helvus	fenugreek milkcap				fruitbody	Major
perithecium (subiculate)		subiculate perithecium is saprobic on rotted fruitbody			Lactarius rufus	Rufous Milkcap	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces ochraceus/	Hypomyces ochraceus	an ascomycete		subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius rufus/	Lactarius rufus	rufous milkcap		rotted		fruitbody	Major
Verticillium anamorph		Verticillium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Lactarius rufus	Rufous Milkcap	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces ochraceus/	Hypomyces ochraceus	an ascomycete				Verticillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Lactarius rufus/	Lactarius rufus	rufous milkcap				fruitbody	Major
perithecium (subiculate)		subiculate perithecium is saprobic on rotted fruitbody			Russula	brittlegill toadstools, russulas	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces ochraceus/	Hypomyces ochraceus	an ascomycete		subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / saprobe			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula/	Russula	brittlegill toadstools, russulas		rotted		fruitbody
Verticillium anamorph		Verticillium anamorph parasitises fruitbody			Russula	brittlegill toadstools, russulas	Russulales: Russulaceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces ochraceus/	Hypomyces ochraceus	an ascomycete				Verticillium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Russula/	Russula	brittlegill toadstools, russulas				fruitbody

Interactions where Hypomyces ochraceus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
perithecium		perithecium is parasitised by superficial cleistothecium			Sphaerodes episphaerium	an ascomycete	Melanosporales: Ceratostomataceae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Melanosporales/Ceratostomataceae/Sphaerodes episphaerium/	Sphaerodes episphaerium	an ascomycete		superficial		cleistothecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces ochraceus/	Hypomyces ochraceus	an ascomycete			perithecium					superficial cleistothecium parasitises perithecium

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Hypomyces ochraceus (an ascomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Hypomyces ochraceus (an ascomycete) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hypomyces ochraceus (an ascomycete)
Genus	Hypomyces (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	HYPOCREACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Order	HYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Hypomyces ochraceus is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hypomyces ochraceus (an ascomycete)

Hypomyces ochraceus (an ascomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYPOCREACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

HYPOCREALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hypomyces ochraceus (an ascomycete):

Hypomyces
(a genus of ascomycetes)

HYPOCREACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

HYPOCREALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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